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On the Cover —
Remembered as the commander of the New Hampshire militia at
the 1777 Battle of Bennington, Vermont, John Stark is portrayed on
bank notes (page 131).
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A Portrait of John
By Marvin D. Ashmore —
Stark
J OHN ST.ARK was one OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AMERICAN
officers of the Revolutionary War. He is best remembered as the
commander of the New Hampshire militia at the Battle of
Bennington, Vermont in 1777. His portrait was used on bank notes
of only two state banks: the Stark Bank in Bennington, Vermont; and the City
Bank in Manchester, New Hampshire.
The Stark Bank originally was organized in 1846 under the title of the
Green iVlountain Bank. The title was changed to the Stark Bank under a 20-
year charter by the State of Vermont on August 1, 1847.
According to the annual report of the bank commissioners of Vermont
dated July 1, 1861, the Stark Bank was the only one operating in Bennington at
that time. It had one of the smallest amounts of capital ($50,000); owned one
of the smallest amounts of real estate ($1,000); and had the smallest amount of
total resources ($70,930) of all the banks doing business in the state that year.
The total amount of circulation at that time was only $15,712.
The earliest officers of the bank were Cashier G.W. Harmon and President
Da\dd Love. Hannon e\adently served as cashier throughout the existence of
the bank. Love was replaced by Issac Weeks by 1861.
Notes in the earliest issue bear the imprint DANFORTH & HUFT5' NEW
YORK & PHILADA. A later issue of the same design with the imprint changed
to .AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. NEW YORK probably was issued as early as
1858. All denominations carried a portrait of John Stark. Only six denomina-
tions were issued: $1, $2, $5, $10, $20 and $50. Perhaps because of the small
amount of circulation, a $100 denomination was deemed unnecessary.
With the exception of the $2 produced by either printing firm, all genuine
notes issued by the Stark Bank are listed as “SENC,” or “surviving example
not confirmed,” in the Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes
1782-1866 by James A. Haxby. However, two proof sheets in denominations of
$1, $1, $2, $5, and $5, $10, $20, $50 with the imprint of Danforth and Hufty
are known from the American Bank Note Company archives.
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A $10 proof note of the City Bank
of Manchester, New Hampshire
(Haxby NH-1 75/CIO), printed by
Danforth, Wright and Company.
Courtesy Warren Henderson
Earlier researchers of obsolete bank notes identified the female portrait on
the $2 as that of Abby Hutchinson (her name evidendy was acquired from con-
temporary counterfeit detectors). The portrait actually is that of Kate Sevier,
wife ofjohn Sevier, the first governor ofTennessee.
The rarity of the Stark Bank issues may be explained by the small circula-
tion and redemption of die issued notes. Banks in Vermont were subject to
more strict legal regulations dian many institutions doing business elsewhere.
Vermont law as applied to the Stark Bank required 10 percent of its profit to
be paid to the State Treasury, and 4'/’ percent of its capital to the State
Treasury as a degree of protection should the bank become insolvent. Since
the Stark Bank did not seek a National Bank charter, it became one of many
financial institutions forced to close by the National Currency Act of 1865.
Redemption of the outstanding circulation was guaranteed by the requirement
of the directors to deposit bonds with the State Treasurer. As required by law,
the bank published notice that its outstanding circulation would be redeemed
until August 1, 1868, the end of its 20-year charter.
The bank notes issued by the Stark Bank in Bennington, Vermont, and the
City Bank in Manchester, New Hampshire, are adequately described in the
well-known pioneer references by David C. Wismer and Mayre Burnes
Coulter. They are most accurately described in James A. Haxby’s Standard
Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes, 1782-1866.
A $10 bank note depicting John Stark was issued by the City Bank in
Manchester, New Hampshire, beginning in 1853. The portrait used on this
note is identical to tliat used on the issues of the Stark Bank. The identity of
the engraver of the Stark portrait is uncertain, but it may have been the work
of Mosely I. Danforth. The plates for notes of both banks evidently were in
the possession of Danforth, Perkins and Company, the successor firm of
Danforth, Wright and Company, when the former became a member of
American Bank Note Company (ABNCo).
Tbe earliest issues of the City Bank — denominations of $1, $2, S3, $5, $10,
$20, $50, $100 and $500— bear the imprint DANFORTH, WRIGHT & CO.
Notes of tire same design with a protective, brown-orange tint in micro-letter-
ing were printed by the American Bank Note Company and also have the
ABNCo monogram.
The entire issue of the City Bank, with exception of the $2 note printed by
ABNCo, is listed as SENC in the Haxby reference, but some proof impres-
sions are known to have survived in the ABNCo archives. Only single-note
proofs of each denomination — including the $50 and $100 on one proof sheet
printed from the Danforth, Wright.and Company plates — are known from the
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K TEN EOELAHS
A $1 0 proof note of the City Bank
of Manchester, New Hampshire
(Haxby NH-175/G10b), printed
by American Bank Note Company.
Courtesy Warren Henderson
archives. Only a single proof $10 note and one proof sheet of the $50 and $100
of the tinted variety printed by the American Bank Note Company are known
from the archives.
The City Bank was organized in 1853 and reorganized under the National
Currency Act of 1863 as the City National Bank, receiving charter number
1520. Its name was changed to the Merchants National Bank of Manchester,
continuing the same charter number, in 1880. National Bank notes were issued
under both names.
John Stark
John Stark was born on August 28, 1728, at Londonderry,
New Hampshire. He was the son of Presbyterian Irish parents, Archibald Stark
and his wife, Elinor Nichols. Archibald was Scotch and lived in Ulster County,
Ireland, before emigrating to New Hampshire in 1720. John Stark’s family
moved to Derryfield, now the City of Manchester, when he was a small boy.
John became an expert woodsman and an accomplished Indian fighter at a
young age. He gained valuable experience as a guide for expeditions into the
remote wilderness and developed a strong physique — all qualities that helped
him endure the challenges of the frontier and life as a soldier. He was of medi-
um height with light blue eyes, a strong nose, high cheekbones, and thin, set
lips. In 1758 he married Elizabeth Page.
During the French and Indian War, Stark served with Rogers Rangers
under General Jeffery^ Amherst in a raid against the St. Francis Indians at
Crown Point, and in the British attack on Ticonderoga in July 1759. Stark
later would use the tactics and military maneuvers learned while in Rogers
Rangers against the British in a different war.
Stark left British service following Amherst’s victory and returned to a life
of farming. He was one of the founders of the township of Starkville, later
renamed Dunbarton.
With the news of the battle of Lexington and Concord, Stark was anxious
to lend his military skills to the gathering Continental forces. He was appoint-
ed colonel of the 1st New Hampshire regiment of 800 men assembled at
.VIedford to aid Massachusetts. A few weeks earlier, the British had offered him
the rank of a full colonel, which he contemptuously refused.
On June 17, 1775, Stark’s regiment participated at the battle of Bunker Hill
(which actually was fought on Breed’s Hill). The regiment had already gained
a reputation as tough frontiersmen. Without uniforms and adequate arms, it
defended the rail-fence breastwork between the Mystic River and the
.American fortifications on Breed’s Hill. Stark’s men laid a disastrous fire upon
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the attacking British light infantry. Unsuccessful assaults on Stark’s men led
the British to try the more heavily defended fortifications on Breed’s Hill. The
result was that the British won the field, but at a cost of 1,150 casualties (207
killed, a large percentage of them officers). On the American side, casualties
numbered 441, with approximately 140 dead. The British were halted in their
attempt to break out of Boston, and it was about a year before they could begin
another offensive.
One of Stark’s sons, Caleb, was an ensign in his father’s regiment at Bunker
Hill at only 15 years of age; he attained the rank of brigade major by the end of
the Revolution. His brother William also
sen'ed in Rogers Rangers during the French
and Indian War, but was refused command of
a regiment following the battle of Lexington
and Concord. He defected to the British and
died as a result of a fall from a horse in 1776.
Stark also participated in the siege of Boston
under General George Washington. After the
British evacuated the city in April 1776, Stark
helped prepare the defense of New York City
as a colonel of the 5th New Hampshire, a
Continental regiment.
In May 1776, he left New York to assist
reinforcing troops at Quebec, and he partici-
pated in the subsequent retreat of American
forces from Canada.
On November 8, 1776, Stark was commis-
sioned a colonel of the 1st New Hampshire
regiment of the Continental Army, and in
December he led the vanguard of
Washington’s army in the victory at Trenton,
New Jersey. He also fought at the battle of
Princeton in January' 1777, but in March he
resigned his commission when junior officers
were promoted as generals over his head,
returning to his New Hampshire farm.
Stark’s stay at home was brief. Soon he was
elected to the rank of brigadier general of the
New Hampshire militia. More than 1,400
troops were assembled to assist the Vermont
Republic in opposing an threatened invasion
from Canada led by General John Burgoyne.
The Vermont Council of Safety correctly
believed one of Burgoyne’s objectives was a
raid into the region west of the Hudson River.
Major General |ohn Stark The Council appealed to the New Hampshire and Ma.ssachusetts provinces for
Ubrapy Of CoNGRtss assistaoce. Vermont was sparsely settled and for the most part unprotected
from the British. Burgoyne’s army had already arrived in the province of New
York in July 1777.
The New Hampshire brigade arrived at Manchester, Vermont, where Stark
conferred with Major Generals Benjamin Lincoln and Phillip John Schuyler. A
conflict arose between Stark and Schuyler when the latter ordered him to
march to the Hudson River to join the main army. Stark refused, arguing that
he had agreed only to command the militia, and he was responsible solely to
the New Hampshire legislature, not the Continental Congress. As a result.
Stark was charged with insubordination by the Continental Congress.
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.\lthough known for his quick temper and stern, uncompromising nature,
Stark may have had other reasons for refusing to obey Schuyler. Having been
passed over for promotion in the Continental service was still veiy fresh in his
memory. Schuyler, although later e.xonerated by court martial, had been
blamed for incompetency in the defense of Ticonderoga early in July, and his
reputation for arrogance probably did not help matters.
^^^lether Stark was right was a matter of controversy, but no one ever said
he was not a man of courage, ability and principle. Generals Lincoln and
Schuyler chose not to press the matter; Stark received only a reprimand sent to
the New Hampshire legislature. Stark led his militia independent of the regu-
lar forces, and at Bennington, Vermont, in August 1777, he won one of the
most decisive battles of the Revolution.
The British plan was to march on Albany, New York, but with a 185-mile
supply line from Canada, the army needed to supplement its supplies by forag-
ing on the country and seeking aid from Tories in the area. Burgoyne planned
to send an e.xpedition from the Hudson River opposite Saratoga, move east to
.Arlington, and then cross the Green Mountains to Rockingham on the
Connecticut River. The army was to remain there about two weeks to obtain
the needed supplies, then go south by the Connecticut River to Brattleboro,
then west to rejoin the main anny. Lt. Colonel Frederick Baum, Hessian com-
mander of the Brunswick Dragoons — an elite part of Burgoyne’s army com-
posed of approximately 800 troops — was chosen to lead the raid.
Baum was unsuccessful in procuring sufficient supplies or much aid from
Tories by the time he reached Brattleboro. The Americans had removed or
destroyed almost everything in the area of value to the enemy. At Brattleboro,
Baum received information that an .American military depot was at Bennington
and guarded by only 300 to 400 militia. Capturing a quantity of military stores
was just what Baum needed, and he began a march west to Bennington.
However, the information Baum received was false, the deception probably
originating from Stark himself.
On August 16, Stark, with about 2,600 troops, intercepted and attacked
Baum on the M'allomsac Riv er, about five miles northeast of Bennington, and
succeeded in a double env'elopment of Baum’s entire force. Baum was killed in
tbe fight. Later in the day, Hessian reinforcements under General Breymann
sent to assist Baum were met by the timely arrival of Lt. Colonel Seth
Warner’s Green .Mountain Regiment, which assisted Stark in defeating
BrevTnann.
On the British side, losses were 207 killed and about 700 captured.
.According to General Stark’s report, .American losses were 14 killed and 42
wounded.The bounty to the New Hampshire brigade included four brass can-
nons, several hundred muskets, a few rifles, 250 swords and four ammunition
wagons.
Three days after the battle at Bennington, Stark was commended by the
Continental Congress, and on October 4, 1777, he was commissioned a
brigadier general in the Continental Army.
The victory at Bennington greatly improv'ed American morale and signifi-
cantly weakened Burgoyne’s army by denying supplies needed for a campaign
in New York. This was to be of enormous benefit to the American army at
Saratoga in the following months.
Stark helped effect the surrender of Burgoyne to General Gates on October
17 after the batdes at Saratoga by capturing Ft. Edward and thereby blocking a
British retreat across the Hudson River.
Stark’s service during the remainder of the war is also of interest. He twice
commanded the northern department and he served with General Gates in
Rhode Island in 1779. He participated in the battle at Springfield in 1780 and.
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in the same year, served on the board of general officers in the trial of Major
Andre, the British spy. He was brevetted a major general in September 1783.
Following the Revolutionary War, Stark retired from military service.
Unlike many Continental Army generals, he avoided public office, preferring
to tend his farm near Manchester and devote himself to his family of 1 1 chil-
dren. He died on May 8, 1822, at the age of 93. He was buried in a family
cemetery on his farm with military honors. In 1829, on the anniversary of the
battle of Bennington, a granite obelisk was erected on the site.
In the town of Bennington, a 3 04- foot-tall monument to the battle of
Bennington was completed and dedicated in 1891. A numismatic tribute to
John Stark is that two historical banking institutions, one of which was named
in his honor, issued bank notes bearing his portrait. The issued and well-circu-
lated $1 note of the Stark Bank in Bennington, Vermont, and the two varieties
of proof $10 notes of the City Bank in Manchester, New Hampshire illustrated
here are additions to the few known surviving notes with John Stark’s portrait. ❖
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BANK
Happenings
Submitted by BOB COCHRAN
The Gold Standard
Act of 1900
B KKORE the U.S. LEET I HE CiOEl) ST.\NI).M<D,
Indianapolis played a major role in the countr\'’s nione-
tar\' polic)-.
When W'illiani McKinley was elected President on a plat-
form calling for gold backing for the dollar, the Indianapolis
Board of Tratle called for a convention on a monetary reform
in Indianapolis. A preliminary’ conference was held, and a
major gathering was planned for January, 1897.
(diairman of the e.xecutive committee for die event was Hugh
II. Hanna, member of a banking family at Lafayette, Indiana.
A second convention was held in January, 1898. The results
of the rhetoric at the meetings, the .surveys of businessmen and
bankers taken across the nation, and a concentrated lobbying
effort, was a new law creating a monetary' system based on
gold - which was signed by McKinley in March, 1900.
(l•'or collectors of National Currency, the Gold Standard
.•\ct of 1900 is quite significant. The act also provided for the
estahlishment of national banks with a capital of only' S25,000,
ushering in what John Hickman often described as “the golden
age of main-street banking.” Thousands of new banks were
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The following Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC) governors' terms expire in 2000:
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If you have suggestions, or if the governors named above wish to run for another term,
please notify SPMC President Frank Clark. In addition, candidates may be placed on the
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Some Women Who
Made a Difference
By Gene Hessler
C ONTINUED FROM THE EAST ISSUE IS A SURVEY OF WOMEN
whose achievements have been recognized by having their likeness-
es portrayed on paper money. Part I highlighted artists; Part II con-
tinued with an actress and a scientist; Part III featured musicians;
and Part IV continues with by discussing women who are recognized exclu-
sively for their literary creations.
PART IV:
WRITERS
Annette Elisabeth von Droste-Hiilshoff
Like Emily Dickinson, Annette Elisabeth von Droste-
IICm.SHOFF (1797-1848) lived her entire life within a small locale. Fraulein
Droste-Hiilshoff resided near Munster in Westphalia, probably with her par-
ents. And, as did those of Dickinson, her writing was influenced by her famil-
iar, pleasant surroundings.
In 1844 a collection of signed poems was published. Das Geistliche Jahr (The
Spiritual Year), a collection of 72 songs, was printed six years later. The latter
included a .song for every Sunday and religious holiday. Her only novel was Die
Jndevhuche (The Youthtree), published in 1842.
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The portrait of writer
Camilla Collett's brother,
Henrik Wergeland,
appeared on Norway's
100-kroner note (P33
and P38). In death there
was retribution for his
role in preventing her
from marrying the man
of her choice: Camilla's
portrait replaced that of
her brother on the same
denomination (P41 and
P43), shown here.
Camilla Collett
The sister of famous Norwegian foet Henrik Wergeland,
writer Camilla Collett (1813-95) fell in love with Johan Welhaven, her broth-
er’s primary antagonist. Unable to marry' the man of h er choice, Collett mar-
ried Professor Jonas Collett. She would write of her unhappiness in The
Governor's Daughter, Norway’s first social novel. The work affected public
opinion concerning the role of women in Norway. Two additional works,
Frotn Those IVh o Are Silent and Against the Stream, moved the public toward
the emancipation of women. A monument to Camilla Collett, by Gustav
\’igeland, was erected in Palace Park in Oslo in 191 1.
Thomasine Christine (Buntzen) Heiberg
Another Scandinavian author, Thomasine Christine Buntzen
(1773-1856), married Peter Andreas Heiberg in 1790. Peter, as well as their
son, were writers. Perhaps after being widowed, she married Baron C.F.
Gyllembourg-Ehrensvard, and also is known as Thomasine Gyllembourg. She
was primarily a short-story writer and is recognized for her Eveiyday Stories.
The portrait of Thomas-
ine Heiberg on this
Denmark 1,000 kroner
(P53) was created by
Danish artist Jens juel.
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To the left of the portrait of
Selma Lagerlof on a Sweden
20 kroner (P6) is a reproduc-
tion of script in her hand. The
first issue of this note mea-
sured 130 X 72mm; in 1997 a
reduced version measuring
1 20 X 72mm entered circula-
tion. The back of the note
depicts , a child on the neck of
a snow goose — a scene from
Nik Holgersson's Wonderful
Journey through Sweden.
Selma Lagerlof
A SISTKR-SCAN'DINAVIAX, Sf.I.MA LaCERLOF (1858-1940) WAS A
native of Sweden. She holds the distinction of being the first woman to be
elected to the Swedish Academy. Many of her novels are set in the province of
V'armland. In 1909, three years after she wrote the classic work for juveniles,
The Wonderful .Adventure, Lagerlof received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
She is one of two women recipients of the prize whose portraits appear on
paper money.
Sor Juana Ines de la Cmz
.Also known primarily as a writer is Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz,
or, as she was named at birth in San Miguel de Napantia, Mexico, Juana de
■Asbaje y Ramirez de Santillana (1648-95). In admiration of her talent, many
people referred to her as the “Tenth Muse.” Juana was brought up by ber
mother on a hacienda outside .Mexico City; she did not know her father. .A pre-
cocious child, she was able to read at the age of three. When she was eight, she
submitted a poem in a contest and won a prize — a book.
•After a year as a lady-in-waiting to .Marquesa de .Mancera at the palace of
the viceroy, Juana entered the Convent of San Jeronimo because it was the
best place to ilevelop her love of poetry and other subjects. The liberal convent
allowed her to communicate with outside intellectuals. Juana acted as literarx’
hostess for the convent.
Sor Juana wrote e.ssays, dramas and poems. Her 1691 autobiographical essay
A Mexico 200 pesos with a
portrait of Sor Juana was
engraved by Martha Sasian,
one of the few women portrait
engravers in the world. (A dif-
ferent portrait was used on
P76, 80, 85 and 109.)
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dealt with women’s rights. In Roundels she took men to account for their
“blame of women for that which they themselves are the cause.” In the same
work, this independent nun wrote: “With foolish presumption, you wish to
find her whom you seek. Thais when t'^ou attempt her and Lucretia when you
possess her.” (Thais was a courtesan, and Lucretia a virtuous Roman matron.)
Some of Sor Juana’s opinions must have disturbed the male Catholic hierar-
chy, for during the last five years of her life, she was denied books, paper and
pen. She died in Mexico City on April 17, 169.“). According to E. Williamson
in The Penguin History of Latin America, she “became the greatest literary figure
of the Hispanic world after the death of the Spanish playwright Pedro
Calderon de la Bosca in 1681” (Williamson 160).
Klara Eissner Zetkin
Bor.n in Wieder.xn, on July 5, Kl.\r.\ (Eissner) Zetkin (1857-
1933) was one of the first women to train at the Leipzig Teacher’s College for
\\’omen, operated by feminist Auguste Schmidt. In 1881 Klara Eissner joined
the Social Democratic Party, where she met Russian Ossip Zetkin, whom she
married in Paris in 1882. With their nv'o children, they lived in Paris and
Switzerland.
Klara became concerned with the rights of women and children, and organ-
ized a social democratic women’s movement. From 1892 to 1916, she edited
Gleichheit (Equality), and in 1907 she founded the International Socialist
^^^omen’s Congress. As a pacifist, she spoke out against World War I and
helped organize the peace conference in Berne in 1915. Klara was a founder of
the German Communist Party. She served in the Reichstag and was the last to
preside before the fire in 1932.
Mary (Cameron) Gilmore
D.'X.me M.ary (C.^meron) Gilmore (1 865-1962) vv.as born at
Goulburn, New South Wales. Precocious and driven, she became a teacher at
the age of 16. She met her husband to be, W.A. Gilmore, at a utopian colony
in New Australia in 1897. When the colony disbanded, Mary went to
Patagonia and Buenos Aires, where she taught and worked as a journalist. In
1920 she returned to Australia and became a Labour activist and was employed
as editor and columnist for the Sydney IVorker.
Her first poems, which reflected her socialist and feminist beliefs, were pub-
lished in 1910. Two autobiographical books. Old Days, Old PVays and More
Reflections, were published in 1934 and 1935, respectively. Mary Gilmore
received the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in
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Dame Mary Gilmore is
pictured on an Australia
$10 note (P-51). The
paper-thin, polymer
plastic has a see-through
window at left.
1937. She died in 1962 in New South Wales. She w-as “a legend in her own
lifetime. In her poems and prose recollections she drew on her own memory,
longer and more romantic than anyone, longer and more romantic than any-
one. . . “ (Cambridge Encyclopedia of Australia, 312).
Cecilia Meireles
Cecilia Meireles (1901-64) lost her parents soon after she was
born in Rio de Janeiro on November 7. Under the care of a grandmother, she
became a .schoolteacher. Her first marriage to a Brazilian poet ended when he
committed suicide.
In 1934 Cecilia founded the first library’ of children’s literature in Brazil.
She was named professor of Luso-Brazilian literature at the University' of the
Federal District from 1936 to 1938. After remarrying, she taught at the
University of Texas. She published her first book, Especti'os, in 1919. Twenty of
her books were in print during ber lifetime. Posthumously, she received the
highest prize from the Brazilian .Academy of Letters. Meireles is considered
Brazil’s most important woman poet.
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The portrait of Bozena
Nemcova on a Czech
Republic 500 korun (P-7,
printed by Thomas De La
Rue, and P-13, printed by
State Printing Office,
Prague) was engraved by
Vaclav Fajt. Designed by
Oldirch Kulhanek, the note
includes a latent image and
a code for the blind.
Bozena Nemcova
BoZEXA NEMC0V.\ is one of two WOMEN’ PICTURED on the first
notes issued by the Czech Republic; the other is St. Agnes of Bohemia.
Nemcova was born on February 4, 1820; her life was influenced by the revolu-
tionary' time in which she lived. Extremely modest living conditions (she had
four children) and frequent reassignments probably contributed to the failure
of her marriage to Josef Nemec, a financial inspection officer. Her social
emancipation was awakened during her years in Prague (1842-45). Despite the
fact that she did not have a happy life, her stories, novels and fairytales are full
of romantic heros. Her writing glorifies ordinary people from the Czech coun-
try'side. She died in Prague on Juanuary' 21,1 862.
Rosalia de Castro
ROS.ALIA de CA.STRO (1 83 7-85), WRITER AND CHAMPION of the
Galician and Castilian dialects, was born in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.
Her earliest poetry, “The Flower” (1857) and her novels, The Datighta- of the
Sea (1859) and Ruins” (1867) were written in Spanish.
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Her later works, including the poems “Galician Songs” (1863) and “New
Leaves” (1880), were composed in the Galician dialect, akin to Portuguese.
Lydia Koidula
Lvdi.-\ Koidula, a pseudonym for Lydia E.milie Florentine, is
the most outstanding poet who lyrically expressed her love for her native
Estonia. Born in Vana Vandra on Christmas Eve, she was educated by her
fatlier, patriot and author J. Voldemar Jannse. Lydia had additional schooling
at a German school in Parnu, and her early poems were influenced by German
Romanticism. Her best verse was composed after an unhappy marriage; some
works were set to music. Lydia also wrote plays. She died on August 1 1, 1886,
in Kronstadt. Her portrait on an Estonia 100 krooni (P-74) consists of photen-
graved, horizontal lines. A bluebird is at the right, and microprinting EESTI
PANK surrounds the rosette to the right.
Juana de Ibarbourou
A poet from Uruguay, Juana de Ibarbourou was born Juana
Fernandez Morales on March 8, 1892, in Melos. Following her education in
Catholic and public schools, she married Captain Lucas Ibarbourou in 1914
(they had one child). Four years later, they moved to Montevideo, where she
received favorable recognition for her work published in Ltt Razdii.
In 1929 the public bestowed upon her the title of “Juana de America.” In
1934, tw'o years after the death of her father, Juana turned to religious topics.
Two examples are Praise to Our Lady and Scenes from the Bible. She became a
member of the Uruguayan Academy of Letters in 1947. V\Tien her mother
died, Juana became severely depressed; the change is reflected in her subse-
quent work. Juana de Ibarbourou died in 1979 in relative obscurity and with
little money. She is pictured on the face of a 1,000 pesos uruguayos (P-79);
books are seen on die back.
continued ❖
References
Williamson, E. The Penguin Histoiy of Latin Anierica. London: The Penguin
Press, 1992.
A complete list of sources will appear at the end of this series.
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THE BUCICf
Starts Here!
mi
A Primer for Collectors
BY GENE HESSLER
T wo A.\1ERIC.\N wo.vien c.\n cl.m.\i they were
the models for images on the paper money of two for-
eign countries. One will be discussed here, the other in the
next issue.
At the turn of the century, Czech artist Alfons Mucha
(1860-1939) was considered the high priest of art noitveau. He
was viewed as an illustrator, but he was considerably more, and
the world could not get enough of the sensuous images of
Mucha’s beautiful women who appeared in flowing gowns on
calendars and posters. The latter might be considered com-
mercial, however, those who have seen posters for Ruinart
Champagne, La Trappistine Liqueur and The West End Revieze
know this is not true. His paintings of celebrated actress Sarah
Bernhardt, which appeared on theatrical posters, crystallized
his worldwide appeal.
In 1905 during one of the trips he made to the United
States beween 1904 and 1913, tbe artist met .American mil-
lionaire Charles R. Crane by chance when diey sat next to one
another at a fund-raising dinner at Delmonico’s in New York
Ciw. In 1909 Crane was having a house built for bis eldest
daughter, Josephine. The architect would create a specific
place in the house for a Mucha painting, which was to be
called “Slavia.” It would be a development of a poster the artist
created for the Prague Insurance Company in 1907. Charles
R. Crane empathized with Mucha in his devotion to and
obsession with the histor)' of tlie Slavs. Ultimately, he provid-
ed the funds for Mucha to create his monumental Slav Epic —
20 vast panels in tempera and oil.
A new chapter in the history of Czech and Slovak people
was written at the end of World War I in 1918 — the Republic
of Czccboslovakia was established. The famed Czech artist
Mucha was asked to design some of the bank notes for the new
nation. The 100 and 500 korun, which were printed locally,
were easily and soon counterfeited. The notes were
withdrawn, and American Bank Note Company (ABNCo) in
New York City was asked to create plates for more sophisti-
cated notes as quickly as possible. Ultimately, ABNCo pre-
pared an entire series, i.e., 100; 500; 1,000; and 5,000 k(orun).
The 100 korun prepared and engraved at ABNCo included
Mucha’s Slavia. This beautiful image, based on the likeness of
Josephine Crane, was engraved by the premiere engraver at
ABNCo, Robert Savage. The back of the note shows the St.
Charles Bridge — a famous Prague landmark — and two females
representing Southern Moravia and Slovakia, also engraved by
Savage. However, tbe face of this note is all-.American: an
American female, engraved by an American and printed by an
.American company.
This note circulated from 1920 to 1939 and now is
extremely scarce in nice condition. Few collectors know the
American connection, nevertheless, many want it simply
because it is an example of good design and engraving.
Since other denominations made at ;ABNCo were just men-
tioned, a few words about them might be appropriate. The
500 korun dated 1923 (P[ick| 19) and the 1,000 korun dated
1919 (PI 3) also were issued with later dates — 1929 (P22) and
1932 (P25), respectively. The notes with the later dates are
less expensive. The 5,000 komn is dated 1920. These and sub-
sequent demonetized Czech notes were perforated SPECLMEX
and sold to collectors. These specimen notes are relatively easy
to locate; purchase prices range from SlO to $50 in choice
condition. They are worth the effort to find them. ❖
— .Adapted u'ith permission from CoiX WORLD, January 22, 1996.
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STO KORVN
The 1 00 korun prepared and engraved
for the Republic of Czechoslovakia at
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Alfons Mucha's Slavia, which was
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About T E Xa s
Texas County and
Cabool, Missouri
T exas Couxty is the largest of Missouri’s
1 14 counties and comprises 1,183 square miles of Ozark
Highland. It is 125 square land miles larger than the State of
Rhode Island. Wlien the county was formed in 1843, it was
named for explorer, fur trader and first lieutenant governor of
Missouri, Wfilliam H. Ashley. WTien it was formally organized
in 1 845, it was renamed for the Republic of Te.xas.
A seat of justice was laid out in 1846 near the center of the
county on Brushy Creek and named Houston in honor of the
first president of the Republic of Te.xas. During the Civil War,
the county was ravished by guerilla warfare, anti the town of
Houston was destroyed. Houston was rebuilt and now is a
center for dairying, poultty, livesotck, firming and timber.
Te.xas County is a land of rugged hills, springs and caves. In
the early 1800s, William H. Ashley leached salqieter from bat
guano in a cave in northeast Texas County for use in die pro-
duction of gunpowder at his factory at Potosi. In 1818 explor-
er H.R. Schoolcraft visited the cave and named the area Wall-
A $5 Series of 1902
Plain Back on The
First National Bank
of Cabool with the
signatures of T.
Brooks as cashier
and J.W. Wright as
vice president.
Bank Officers
President
John H, Bauch 77-1920
L.M. Edens 1921
Vice President
J.W. Wright 77-1920
Steve yates 1921
Cahier
T. Brooks 77-1920
C.G. Blair 1920-21
W.R. Clifton 1921
Assistant Cashier
Steve Yates 1921
Cave Valley.
As to the town of Cabool, there are tw'o theories on how it
got its name. One theory holds that an early settler had trav-
eled through .Afghanistan and compared the land in this area
of Missouri to the land around that country’s capital of Kabul.
This seems like a very' big stretch to me. The land may be
rugged and hilly, but the elevation is in the range of 1,200 to
1,700 feet. Kabul is in tbe Hindu Kush, w'hich is an extension
of the Himalayas, and its elevation is 5,895 feet.
The second theory has Cabool named after a Native
American leader. Cabool w'as his name, and he w'as a lover as
well as a warrior. He lived in this area of iMissouri many,
many years ago.
The town of Cabool was laid out in 1882 on the route of
the Springfield & Memphis (Frisco) Railroad. Cabool is the
only town in the county on a railroad line.
A view of Main Street, Cabool, Missouri, looking west —
from a post card dated March 26, 1910.
The Cabool National Bank was chartered in September
1907 with CJharter Number 8877. The building it occupied in
1906 had tile flooring, and mahogany furniture and fi.xtures.
The latest model safe and vault was installed, burglar and
hold-up insurance was taken out, and Burroughs bookkeeping
and posting machines were purchased. Bank officers and
employees were bonded. This bank was vety useful to busi-
nessmen, farmers and ranchers of the community. The bank’s
motto was “Safety' First.”
On April 20, 1914, The Cabool National Bank merged
with The Bank of Cabool to form The First National Bank of
Cabool w'ith a capital stock and surplus of S60,000 and $7,000
in undivided profits. This bank was liquidated on May 5, 1921.
Today Cabool has a population of 2,000, and the bank build-
ing is occupied by the Corner Cafe.
The Cabool National Bank issued $5 and $10 Series of
1902 Red Seals, and $5 and $10 Series of 1902 Date Backs.
The First National Bank of Cabool issued $5, $10 and $20
Series of 1902 Date Backs, and $10 and $20 Series of 1902
Plain Backs. Tbe bank’s total issue was $188,160; when it
closed, there was $50,000 outstanding. ‘J*
References
Cabool Enterprise Press, various issues.
Encyclopedia Americana IW oh. 1 and XIX. New York, 1965.
Kelly, Don C. National Bank Notes: A Guide v.’ith Prices.
Oxford, OH: The Paper iVIoney Institute, Inc., 1997.
Texas County Library' Staff, Houston, Missouri.
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The
President’s
Column
By FRANK CLARK
I RECENTLY .ATTENDED THE ST. LoUIS N.VTIONAL
and World Paper Money Show. It was a good show, and I
got to visit with many people who attend these paper money
gatherings. I would suggest taking in a paper money show and
an SP.MC regional meeting whenever possible, because you
never know what you might find, what you might see or what
you might learn. I was able to find a couple of notes for my
collection, plus a few bank post cards. 1 saw many very rare
notes on the bourse floor and in the auction. I also learned
from Ron Horstman at the SPMC regional meeting about St.
Louis emergenc)' scrip of 193.1 that included an uncut sheet of
scrip on one bank. I wish Dallas banks issued or planned to
issue this type of scrip during the bank holiday of 1933, but
they didn’t. All in all, it was a fun show, and I look forward to
the 2000 show that will be at a new hotel but in the same gen-
eral area.
I have to apologize for the lateness of the issues of Paper
Money for the most part of 1999. Our editor, Marilym Reback,
has spent the year getting the journal on desktop and battling
computer problems, etc. I also would like to announce that in
January 2000 all SPAIC members will receive something very'
nice in the mail to help smooth over the rough spots of the
last year.
Other news from the SPMC board meeting in St. Louis
included the following. SPMC membership numbers are bar-
relling in on number 10,000. Remember, the top recruiter is
eligible for a SIOO prize. If you need any applications, just
write me or visit the SPMC website, w'ww.spmc.org. Also, next
year a new index will be available for Paper Money for 1961
through 1999, thanks to member George Tremmel. The next
book to be issued by SPMC will be the updated Mississippi
Obsoletes by Guy Kraus, which is coming along nicely.
A few upcoming regional meetings come to mind. There
will be a regional meeting at the Texas Numismatic Associa-
tion convention in Houston in May and, of course, at the
International Paper Money Show in Memphis in June. If you
would like to conduct a meeting in conjunction with a numis-
matic event, just contact board member Judith Murphy. (The
hoard bestowed Honorary Life Membership on Judith
.Murphy. Her husband, Claude, also was recently named a
Numismatic .Ambassador by Krause Publications. A very busy
time for the Murphys!)
At the last ANA ct)nvention, Paper Money, edited by Gene
Hessler, received the Outstanding Club Publication Award for
Specialty Clubs.Good job. Gene!
Finally, the paper money hobby has had several collectors
and dealers pass from the scene. VVe all were touched by at
least one of them. They will be missed and our prayers go out
to their families. The Memphis Coin Club made donations in
the names of Paul Garland and L..A. Scott to the SPjVIC
Wismer publication fund.
The
’ GREEN GOODS
GAME
Conducted by FORREST DANIEL I
New Flim Flam Scheme
44 HE THING IN THE \V.\Y OE FI.I.Vl-FL.UI NOW,
and the real thing,” said an old detective, “is away
ahead of any of the old tricks, I know anything about. It has
been worked but once in New Orleans, as far as I know, and if
it has ever been worked in any other place I do not know
about it. Tbe business about finding a pocket-book, springing
the pigeon, as it is called; the lock trick, which by the way, is
one of the smoothest of the whole list, and all the others are
cheap and clumsy in comparison with the clever scheme that
was worked on a down-town barkeeper a few evenings ago. It
shows one thing, and that is that the criminal classes are quite
as active mentally and otherwise as men who are engaged in
the decent callings of life. They are prohahly more active
mentally than the men who are ground into narrow grooves
because of ceaseless toiling in an effort to keep the wolf away.
The new flim flam scheme is wonderfully simple, and is
worked with paper money. A $ — [sic] and a $5 bill arc need-
ed. Of course bills of higher denomination could he used, but
the nvo men who worked the trick here used the bills of the
first denomination — a SI and a $5 bill. It is worked this way:
One of the men will write in thin letters on the back of the S.5
bill what is supposed to be a list of his laundry. For instance in
this way, One shirt, two collars, two pairs of cuffs. He will go
into a saloon where there is a rush on in order to minimize the
possibilities of the barkeeper’s detecting the scribbling on the
hilll [sic], and will call for a drink.
“The money is put in the drawer, the man gets his drink
and his change and walks out. Directly his partner walks in,
calls for a glass of beer and tenders a $1 bill in payment. I he
barkeeper throws out 95 cents in change. ‘You made a mis-
take, old man,’ the purchaser will say; ‘I gave you a $5 hill.’ A
polite wrangle follows. The fellow is insistent, says he had
only one piece of money, and that was a S5 bill and he
remembers to have jotted down a list of his laundry on the
back of it. He calls for the boss, tells him of the dispute, and
asks him to see if he has a $5 bill with ‘one shirt, nvo collars,
two pairs of cuffs,’ written on it in pencil. Sure enough the bill
is found and the man gets his S4.95 in change. This is the
scheme they worked on the man down town and he had no
idea he had been swindled, until he thought it over for some
time, and the whole plot dawned on him. It is a clever scheme,
but one that will not last, as barkeepers are awfully quick to
get on to tricks of this sort.” — New Orleans Times Democrat. —
(Grand Forks (N. Dak.) Daily Herald, Nov. 9, 1902.) ❖
Incu
,
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
IllL^VV
|mEMBER8
Frank Clark
P.O. Box 117060
Carrollton, TX 7501 1
9760 Lee Gong, 1211 VV. College Ave., Santa Rosa, CA
95401 (C, errors)
9761 Steven J. Vesely, 805 Plainfield Rd., Joliet, IL
60435 (C & D)
9762 Edward J. Sheehan, P.O. Box 16863, Washington,
DC 20041-6863 (C, small-size notes)
9763 Robert Costa, 2600 N.E. Center St., #50-C, Salem,
OR 97310(C)
9764 Ronald M. Cowan, P.O. Box 69, Allen, OK 74825
(C & D, large-size type, fractionals, $2 notes)
9765 Gary Wycker, P.O. Box 1 141, Pittsford, NY 14534
(D, U.S.)
9766 Russell Heintzelman, R.R. 2, Box 1 160, Drums, PA
18222 (C, Nationals)
9767 Fred K. Lope, 1762 Lynwood Dr., Concord, CA
94519-1249 (C, large-size currency)
9768 Harold B. Mitchell, Rt. 4, Box 269, 598 Sevier St.,
Lebanon, VA 24266-4704 (C, VA obsoletes, includ-
ing WV, VA CSA)
9769 Kathy Metcalf, 5303 Goodwin ave., Dallas, TX
75206-6208 (C, $1, $2 & $5 notes)
9770 Anthony Martino, 55 Bethune St., Apt. #H2 13,
New York, NY 10014 (C, obsoletes, large Nationals,
type & Canadian)
9771 Frederick J. Bart, Box 2, Roseville, MI 48066
(C & D, error notes, large-size type, rare small-size)
9772 Barry Minster, P.O. B ox 504, Clawson, MI 48017-
0504 (C & D, firactionals)
9773 Ken Schmucker, P.O. Box 81, 209 Pratt St., North
Adams, MI 49262-0081 (C, Nationals)
9774 Ellen J. Richardson, P.O. Box 34, Evergreen Ave.,
Huntington Station, NY 11746 (C, large type)
9775 Ezra Y. Rosensaft, 435 E. 77th St., Apt. 4A, New
York, NY 10021 (C, U.S.)
9776 Robert J. Hughes, 53 Winterberry Loop, West
Henrietta, NY 14586-9438 (C, U.S. currency before
1940)
9777 Chris Howard, 838 Hansmore PI., Knoxville, TN
37919 (C, Nationals)
9778 Donald L. Baldwin, 1224 N.E. Walnut, #161,
Roseburg, OR 97470 (C)
9779 Bill Grubb, 133 Cowpath Rd., Telford, PA 18969
(C, 1929 Nationals)
9780 Peter Keith LaConte, 124 Brookview Dr., West
Paterson, NJ 07424 (C, U.S., small, fractional, CSA)
9781 Richard Hawkes, 90 Blackstone Blvd., Providence,
RI 02906-5415 (C, U.S.)
9782 Jeffrey;. Meyer, P.O. Box 786, Buda, TX 78610 (C,
foreign)
9783 David C. Williamson, 6928 View Park Rd. S.E.,
Port Orchard, WA 98367 (C & D, Nationals & small
size)
9784 Michael B. Fogarty, 7 Hewlett Point Ave., East
Rockaway, NY 1 1 5 1 8 (C, large- & small-size notes)
9785 Joseph C. Steiniger
9786 Dale Weiss, 141 1 Lorain Ave., Bethlehem, PA
18018 (C & D, U.S. large & small, MPCs, Civil War,
sheets)
9787 Robert O. Burich, 2624 W. Bentrup St., Chandler,
AZ 85224 (C & D, U.S. type))
9788 Edward Twenter, 4300 N. Wyatt Ln., Columbia,
MO 65202 (C, large, small & Nationals)
9789 Dale C. Piazza, 4519 Beta .Ave., Newburgh Heights,
OH 44105 (C, MPCs, fractionals, obsoletes)
9790 Biff Newton, 1538 River Oak Way, Roseville, CA
95747 (C, U.S., small & fractionals)
9791 Kristopher K. Hill, 41 Country Club Way, Ipswich,
MA01938 (C, U.S. small)
9792 Susan L. Chapman, 307D Palmetto Bay, Marina
Village, Hilton Head, SC 29928 (C, Colonial
Currency)
9793 James M. Rose, 223 N. Grant Ave., Ft. Collins, CO
80521 (C, \^T^^I, MPCs, Cold War period)
9794 David Smith, 2615 Villa Dr., Parkersburg, WV
26101 (C& D, All)
9795 El Roy Bartels, P.O. Box 1, Tobias, NE 68453-0001
(C, Nebraska Nationals)
9796 Reed Marion, P.O. Box 6662, Katy, TX 77491-6662
(C, Continental Currency, encased postage)
9797 Donald R. Rathburn, 605 S. Elm St., Ogden, KS
66517 (C, MPCs, U.S. large & small)
9798 Fred Willey, 3111 Bel Air Der., #10H, Las Vegas,
NV 89109-1503 (C)
9799 Stuart B. Jones, P.O. Box 1 18, Bel Air, MD 21014
(C)
9800 Arthur F. Freeman, 3176 Kathy Way, Loomis, CA
95650-8776 (C, 1800s - especially Civil War)
9801 Harold L. Cloud Jr., 1708 James St., Sinking
Spring, PA 19608 (C, U.S., CSA, obsoletes)
9802 Jim Pyke, 8705 Powderhouse Rd., Cheyenne, MTf
82009-1201 (C)
9803 JefFNavratil, 18 Pidgeon Ct., Manorville, NY 1 1949
(C, large silver certificates)
9804 Ed Stiles, 52 Candlewood Ct., Lake Jackson, TX
77566-6002 (C)
9805 Robert G. Greene
9806 Charles G. Etchells, 1 1 Manan Close, Northend,
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3.8TG,
England (C, Great Britain, U.S. CSA)
9807 Patrick J. Cleary, 100 Manhattan Rd., Joliet, IL
60433 (C, Nationals)
9808 Gary M. Nord
9809 Vince D’Alessio, 239 Riflecamp Rd., West Paterson,
NJ 07424 (C & D, Paterson, NJ Nationals)
9810 Jack Chew, 2513 W. 2nd St., Roswell, NM 88201
(C & D, Nationals)
981 1 Amberse M. Banks. 505 Ryan Ave., Modesto, CA
95250-3365 (C, obsoletes)
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9812 Frank W. Furry, 8221 E. Hidden Lakes Dr.,
Granite Bay, CA 95746-9537 (C, philatelic line
engravings)
98 1 3 Scott Mitchell, P.O. Box 1 006, New Hyde Park, NTV'
1 1040 (C & D, CSA, CSA bonds, fractionals,
Colonials)
9814 Robert G. Bloedom, 526 N. Superior St., DePere,
V\'l 541 15 (C, large-size $1, large-size type, fractionals)
9815 Dr. Lawrence Mills, 1 Gregoria Ct., Baltimore, MD
21212-1059(0
9816 Dennis Magee, P.O. Box 663, Matawan, NJ 07747
(C)
9817 James L. Seabridge, 17438 Ardmore Ave., .Apt. C,
Bellflower, CA 90706-6633 (C, large, small & frac-
tionals)
9818 James Nilsson, 23533 .Anza Ave., Apt. D, Torrance,
CA 90505 (C, large & small type)
9819 Norman P. Hiestand, P.O. Box 224, Hawaii
National Park, HI 96718 (U.S. Si notes)
9820 Robert J. Perry, 2277 Union ,Ave., #306, Memphis,
TN 38104 (C)
$ money
mart
982 1 James W. Miller, 3085 Bentwood Dr., Waycross,
GA 31503 (C & D, Georgia & Tennessee obsoletes,
Georgia Nationals & web notes)
9822 Jim Hughes, 1000 Otis St., N.E., Apt. 7,
Washington, DC 20017 (C, Nationals)
9823 J. Rick Domhoefer, 5614 Braxtonshire Ct.,
Houston, TX 77069 (C, Texas Nationals, tj'pe notes
9824 Wayne Hilton, 2 Oakmont Ln., Aiken, SC 29803
(C, CSA)
9825 William A. Taylor, 4960 Winchester Ave., .Ashland,
KY 41 101 (C, Kentucky Nationals & obsoletes)
9826 John Tsoucalas, 6 Windana Ct., Pleasant Creek, Vic
3757, Australia (C, polymer bank notes)
9827 Anthony L. della Voipe, via Broletto 43, Milan,
Italy (C & D, rare world notes)
9828 F. Alan Shirk, 1048 Terrace Ave., Wyomissing, PA
19610-2049 (C, U.S. small)
9829 Mike Taylor, 602 Firetower Rd., La Grange, NC
28551 (C, U.S. large & errors)
9830 Peter Luciani, 8673 Alegre Cr., Orlando, FL 32836
(C, MPCs)
Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island. Steve Goldberg, Box 402,
Laurel, MD 20725-0402. (204)
W.^NTED: NEW YORK OBSOLETE NOTES, all types. .\lso
want obsolete notes from Portsmouth N.H. Please send list or Xerox.
John GLYNT4, 41 St. .Agnell’s Lane, Kernel, Hempstead Herts, HP2
7AX, England. (206)
P.\PER MONEY will accept classified advertising — from members only — on a
basis of 1 5c per word, with a minimum charge of S3. 75. The primary purpose of
the ads is to assist members in exchanging, buying, selling or locating special-
ized material and disposing of duplicates. Copy must be non-commercial in
nature. Copy must be legibly printed or typed, accompanied by prepajanent
made payable to “Society of Paper .Money Collectors” and reach Editor Marilyn
Reback, P.O. Box 1110, Monumcnt,CO H0132, by the first of the month pre-
ceding the month of issue (i.e., Dec. 1 for Jan./Feb. issue).
Word count: Name and address count as five words. .Ml other words and
abbresdations, figure combinations and initials count as separate words. No
check copies. 10% discount for four or more insertions of the same copy.
STOCKS & BONDS wanted! .All types purchased including rail-
road, mining, oil, zoos, aviation. Frank Hammelbacher, Box 660077,
Flushing, NY 11366. 718-380-4009; fax 718-380-4009) or E-mail
(norrico@compuserve.com). (205)
STOCK CERTIFICATES, BONDS, 40-page list for two 32e
stamps. 50 different $25; three lots $60. 15 different railroads, most
picturing trains $26, three lots $63. Clinton Hollins, Box 112, Dept.
P, Springfield, VA 22 150-01 12. (208)
WANTED OHIO NBNs. Please send list. Also, want LOWELL,
TYLER, RYAN, WHITNEY, JORDAN, O’NIELL. Thanks for
your help. 419-865-5115. Lowell Yoder, POB 444, Holland, OH
43528. (207)
WANTED: STOCKS AND BONDS. Railroad, Mining, City, State,
CSA, etc., etc. Also wanted Obsolete and CSA Currency. Always
Paving Top Dollar. Richard T. Hoober, Jr., P.O. Box 31 16, Key
Largo, FL 33037. Phone or FAX (305)853-0105. (203)
NYC WANTED; ISSUED NYC, Brooklyn, Williamsburgh obso-
letes, any obsoletes from locations within present-day Manhattan,
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• DOMINION OF CANADA.
• BANK OF CANADA.
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Cleveland, Ohio 44130
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The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money &
Postage Stamp Art, Messier $85
Comprehensive Catalog of (J.S. Paper Money
Errors, Bart 35
The Comprehensive Catalog of Cl.S. Paper Money,
Messier 40
U.S. Essay, Proof & Specimen Notes, Messier 19
The Mouston Meritage Collection of National Bank
Notes 1863-1935, Logan 25
National Bank Notes, Kelly $45
U.S. National Bank Notes & Their Seals, Prather 40
Paper Money of the G.S., Friedberg 24
Prisoner of War & Concentration Camp Money of the
20th Century, Campbell 35
Small-Size (J.S. Paper Money 1928 to Date, Oakes &
Schwartz, Softbound 25
World Paper Money. 7th edition, general issues 55
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The Kagin name appears more often than any other
in the pedigrees of the rarest and scarcest notes
CU.S. Paper Money Records by Gengerke].
BUY ALL U.S. CURRENCY Good to Gem Unc.
I know rarity [have handled over 95% of U.S. in
Friedberg] and condition (pay over “ask” for some]
and am prepared to “reach” for it. Premium Prices
Paid For Nationals (Pay 2-3 times
“book” prices for some].
BUY EVERYTHING: Uncut Sheets, Errors, Stars,
Special Numbers, etc.
/ cant sell what I dont have
Pay Cash (no waiting] — No Deal Too Large
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Confederate States of America, Historical connoisseur
Avidly Buying and Selling:
Confederate Autographs, Photographs, Documents, Treasury Notes and Bonds,
SuvE Papers, U.C.V., Obsolete Bank notes, and General Memorabilia.
Superb. Friendly Service. Displaying al many major trade shows.
Quarterly price lists:
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Appraisals by fee.
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